Mission #15 - Prison Break, Part II

[Collan]

Collan kept looking around, watching his footing, and generally trying to stay in the shadows. The big questions on his mind was the armor status of the guard. He covered Trax as the bounty moved to strike.

[ooc: once we start...2 CPs to sneak]

[Trax]

Trax almost gave Niil an, are you serious, look but held it back.  Partly because he'd had the same thought, if these guys were as strong as, or their armor as good as, the imperial they'd faced in the control room blasters weren't going to be enough.  And he'd seen the kind of damage Jex could do with a vibroblade.  The only problem was he was no damn good at hitting anything with it.

He gave the fellow spec a shake of his head before turning to Collan and tapping one of his grenades.  They were going to have to hit this guy from every angle.  Drawing his pistols, he took the lead towards the stairs.

[OOC: Okay, sneaky sneaky time.  Which I don't think is going to work out well on a metal floor.]

[Collan]

Collan palmed a grenade to keep at the ready.

[ooc: apend a cp to toss if I toss it]

[Niil Spaar]

Niil's brow furrowed in confusion, then he just as suddenly gave himself a mental smack.  He'd seen Trax use a vibroblade before, but nowhere near Jex's proficiency.  Niil had his pistol at the ready, praying that they could achieve surprise.


OOC:  Ready to rawk.  Two shots when we're ready to fire.

[Collan]

Collan kept the grenade handy but had his blaster ready to fire a double tap at an open guard.

[ooc: 2 cps to sneak; 1 to blaster pistol]

[GM Craig]

[OOC: Taking minor liberties because I wasn't clear on everyone's actions, but I wanted to move forward.]

With Trax in the lead, the three of you carefully and quietly move up the stairs. As your eyes reach the level of the floor, the black-armoured guards you can see all appear to be focusing above you. Trax moves fully up onto the floor. Niil and Collan follow. Above you, you hear the clash of sabres, then a click. Immediately above you, the mesh floor opens. You can now see clearly two levels above you to where Ch'lana and the dark jedi are fighting.

All three of you line up shots, and on Trax's signal, open fire.

You catch the guard completely unawares. Trax's hits both puncture armour, scoring hits. Niil hits as well, but the armour absorbs the hit. Collan hits twice, but likewise the armour absorbs the hit. Still, with two wounds, the guard goes down.

Above you, Ch'lana finds a break in his opponent's defences, and scores a glancing hit. The dark jedi shakes it off, and extends a hand. Immediately, the deck beneath their feet opens. Ch'lana seems unprepared, and falls clumsily, landing in a heap on your level, obviously shaken up by the unexpected fall. The dark jedi, expecting the floor to open, lands neatly in a crouch. Immediately, the uninjured four personal guards step out from their hiding places, force pikes at the ready, preparing to charge at Ch'lana.

[Actions?]

You all feel much lighter on your feet. Each of you has +2D on all dex-based skills.

Name	Status
Trax
Niil Spaar	Wounded x2
Collan Rostiern
Ch'lanna	Wounded
Bodyguard #5	Wounded x2
Bodyguard #2
Dark Jedi
Bodyguard #1
Bodyguard #3
Bodyguard #4

[Collan]

Collan went to the calm place his mind, reaching out to those energy flows again.

He snapped off two shots against the first guard and then shifted his fire to the guard he had his next clear shot at.

[FP. Five shots total. 2 on guard 5; 3 on guard 1. That should be 8D against each.]

[Niil Spaar]

Niil's gaze flicked to Ch'lana's bad landing, and then flicked to the guards readying to attack Ch'lana.

"No.  This time the good guys win, drek-bags."  Niil felt an eerie calm wash over him, and felt his surroundings snap into an almost slow-motion clarity.  Flicking his heavy blaster pistol up with an almost lazy gesture, he fired off nine shots in rapid succession.



OOC:  Use the Force point and take three shots each at guards # 2, 3 and 4.  The way I understand the multiple action and Force point rule, that should give me 7D6+1 for each shot taken.

[Trax]

In some respects this was definitely a new situation for the hunter.  He'd never seen jedi in action before.  And he had this odd feeling, some of his skills felt sharper.  The old woman said she would help, if this was her doing, he'd had a whole new appreciation for the skills of a jedi.  Not to mention a new level of concern about the dark jedi in the room.

But as much as the situation was new, it was also old.  A fire fight to the end, with the usual uncertainty of just who's end it would be.  Doing his best to make sure it wasn't his, Trax continued to pour hot plasma into the guard.

[OOC: 4 shots, starting with guard 5, and if he's down before shot 4, the remaining will be at which ever guard is closest to the old man.]

[GM Craig]

Trax fires both hand cannons at the closest trooper. One shot catches him in the throat, the next in the face. The guard's head snaps back, dragging his body with it, and he goes over the edge of the deck. He does not scream as he falls. Niil gets a good shot at the second guard, but the guard shakes it off. Collan hits the first guard, who is a little shaken up by the shot, but otherwise unhurt. Ch'lana does a flip manoeuvre and gets to his feet. The second, third and forth guards close to melee range with Ch'lana, while the Hand simply watches with an amused look on his face.

As the third guard raises his force pike to attack Ch'lana, Trax blasts the guard with both guns. The guard falls to the deck like a sack of flour, the force pike dropping from nerveless fingers.  Niil lines up a second shot at the second guard, and this time nails him in the face. The guard goes down, clutching at his ruined helmet. Collan gets a third hit on guard #3, but shakes him up again, but the guard is still very much in play. Ch'lana manages to bring his sabre up to a guard position, but he is obviously hurt. Two of the guards take swipes at Ch'lana, but he catches both their swings in his sabre. You are somewhat surprised to see the force pikes survive the parry apparently undamaged.

Niil takes his third shot, this time going for the third guard. Niil hits, lasting a hole through the armour and into the guard's chest. He curls up and falls to the deck. Collan, his target down, switches to the fourth guard. He takes his third shot, and hits, wounding the guard who is forced to take a knee.

Niil shifts targets to the remaining guard and fires. He hits the guard clean in the side of the head. His head snaps over, and the guard teeters for a moment like a cut tree before he falls to the deck.

Niil narrows his eyes, and draws a bead on the Hand and fires. Something happens then that is too quick for your eyes to follow. One moment, Niil's baster was about to hit the amused dark jedi int he chest. The next moment, the bolt winged off a pillar on the far side of the room and the Jedi had turned to face the three of you, with his red sabre at the ready. Niil takes another shot, and the Jedi catches this one fairly on his blade. The blaster bolt bounces back and hits Niil in the shoulder. Niil staggers a bit, but keeps his feet.

However, you have certainly caught the dark jedi's attention.

[Actions?]

Name	Status
Trax
Niil Spaar	Wounded x2, stun 1 round
Collan Rostiern
Ch'lanna	Wounded
Bodyguard #5	dead
Bodyguard #2	incapacitated
Dark Jedi
Bodyguard #1	mortally wounded
Bodyguard #3	incapacitated
Bodyguard #4	mortally wounded

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[Niil Spaar]

OOC:  Now why didn't Niil see that coming?   

Niil grunted in pain as he staggered backward from the hit.  Then laughed at the absurdity of it all.  "Damn me, that's the first time I've shot myself from a distance."  Putting his back near a pillar, he said to the others, "I have a bad feeling about this.  Might want to grab the force pikes; it seems they can block lightsaber blades."


OOC:  If I have the time, I'm snagging a Force pike.  It might be better than trying to deflect a lightsaber with it than with my arm . . .

[Trax]

"Now you have a bad feeling?" Trax replied, unable to believe that Niil had just taken a pair of pot shots at the dark jedi.  What was almost as unbelievable was how the one shot had gone so far off target and the other had been deflected straight back at him.  And had Niil just laughed at the situation?

"You know," he spoke once again as he turned to the dark jedi.  "We could just chalk that one up to dumb things stupid people do and call it even."

[OOC: All but one of the force pikes are currently out of reach, but I have a nasty feeling the other 4 are about to get a lot closer.

Trax will ready 2 shots for anything that gets thrown at us.  Use cps as required.  And use any cps necessary to resist any damage.]

[Collan]

[ooc: He might throw one...more than that and he risks himself, even targeted deflection-unless an accident-takes up a Die]

Collan was singularly impressed. He didn't think that was possible to do. This Dark Jedi had to be really good. And afraid...very afraid...the guards were down...so

"Now what?" he asked simply. He looked around for a solution...perhaps...something to distract the Hand...

[ooc: anything up high that looks like a few well placed blaster shots could shake it free and drop it on the DJ?]

[GM Craig]

[OOC: Maybe if you did enough damage to the hinges, the mesh floor from the level above you (which is open now) might fall. It's a big object though - might be unpredictable how it would come down.]

[Trax]

"Now we see what he does." Trax replied to Collan, speaking fairly quietly while he himself waited to see what the dark jedi would do next.